№18, (2010)
25.03.2010 - 00:00
China’s bad debtor
CAMBRIDGE – Chinese-American relations are, once again, in a downswing. China objected to President Barack Obama’s receiving the Dalai Lama in the White House, as well as to the administration’s arms...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
Events and society
As it is well-known, the financial crisis has seriously hit the mass media. Some newspapers and magazines have closed. Those that remained on the market had to cut greatly on their staff in order...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
Spring online
The specific feature of our “people’s photo pastime,” is that we show the surroundings online in the same way our readers see them outside at the moment. Thus, we have a request: don’t look for...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
Our pysanka in Germany
Recently an exhibit named “The Art of the Ukrainian Pysanka” has opened at the Open Air Museum in the town of Lindlar near Cologne, Germany. It features nearly 700 pysankas (painted Easter eggs) from...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
EVENT
Russian bookstore network intends to open seven stores in Ukraine The Bukvoied Ltd (RF), a company running a network of bookstores in Russia, intends to open at least seven stores of different...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
One of the nation’s great books is being written
From the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian History:
Lina Kostenko born on March 19, 1930, in the village of Rzhyshchiv (currently Kaharlyk raion, Kyiv oblast) – poet, culture expert, and public activist....
25.03.2010 - 00:00
In need of principles
Within just one month of his presidency, Viktor Yanukovych managed to build a strong vertical chain of command, receive a loyal prime minister, shape parliamentary opposition the way he wanted, and...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
Marginal notes
Rock, Scissors, and Paper is a selection of graphical works by renowned British sculptors from the British Council’s collection from the 1950s till this day. Some are exhibited for the first...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
This day in history
1651: Colonel Ivan Bohun’s Cossack troops defeat the Poles at Vinnytsia. 1918: Germany and Austro-Hungary sign a convention dividing Ukrainian territory into zones of Austrian and German influence...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
How much are our potholes?
Driving on Ukrainian motor roads and highways is easier said than done. In some places the road is a mass of potholes, ruts, and cracked asphalt. Here driving is especially difficult and sometimes...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
Bandera’s ghost continues to haunt Ukraine
In his last days the condemned President Yushchenko awarded Stepan Bandera with the Hero of Ukraine decoration. What actually pushed Yushchenko to do this is an open question. What is certain, though...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
Aleko. Now in song and dance
The new production by the Kyivans caused a craze among the public due to two reasons. Firstly, because Aleko is the season’s opening production of the famous company, and secondly, because it is...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
“Structuring of discontent”
The data of a sociological poll carried out by the Levada Center in February 2010 show that more and more Russians believe that their country is sinking into anarchy and losing order. At the same...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
Ukrainians in the 21st century: A modern-day statelessness?
It is quite a challenge to define whose national interests, language, culture, and traditions, are promoted by the modern-day Ukrainian state. Over the 18 years of its existence, the constitutional...
25.03.2010 - 00:00
Dialog revealed in music
Recently the concert hall of the Lysenko secondary specialized school in Kyiv echoed with the sounds of the Argentinian tango, in all its grandeur. That was a joint art project made by the embassy of...














